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 History: The use of round "cylinder seals" for rolling an impress onto clay tablets goes back to early [|Mesopotamian] civilization before 3,000 BCE, where they are the most common works of art to survive, and feature complex and beautiful images. In both China and Egypt, the use of small stamps for seals preceded the use of larger blocks. In Egypt, Europe and India, the printing of cloth certainly preceded the printing of paper or papyrus; this was probably also the case in China. The process is essentially the same - in Europe special presentation impressions of [|prints] were often printed on [|silk] until at least the seventeenth century.

 Materials: Steps for Linoleum Block Printing: 1) Choose the image that you want to make a print of. 2) Bring the image into Photoshop and then you can change the photo to black and white. Also, in Photoshop you can adjust the detail, contrast, and highlights. 3) Print out your image and then make your paper into a carbon sheet by putting graphite on the back of the image area. 4) Next with the paper placed on the linoleum trace the main details of the picture. 5) Now that you have the main details lightly on the linoleum go over them in pencil so that they are dark and add any other details. Then go over the details in sharpie marker. 6) Once you have the details drawn in sharpie you may begin carving. NOTE: When cutting into the linoleum always cut AWAY from you!! 7) When all the cuts have been made to your block you are ready to print. 8) Choose your paint color and roll it onto a paint tray. Then you apply the paint to the block. 9) Next carefully place a piece of paper onto the block. 10) Then place the block onto the printing press with a piece of matte board on top of it to catch excess ink. 11) Roll your print through the press and then gently peel off your print.

Block Printing WebSite: http://www.instructables.com/id/Linoleum-Block-Printing/#step1

Great Linoleum block printing video: http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Block-Print-265601514

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